Thread regarding Edward Jones layoffs

the axe is about to drop

stay tuned for trimester business update. elt oc have been planning this for months

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Those of us in the field knew something was going on were frustrated by the lack of transparency. Now we know what!

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This person called it. Kudos!

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Our founder, Ted Jones, once said "I don't need partners to share the profits, I need them to share the work."

  • then-

As of November 4, 2024, Edward Jones has 20,000 financial advisors and is owned by its 586 general partners. 586. It used to be one.

Now: Please reply to this thred with five bullets describing what you accomplished last week and cc: your manager.

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Are there more optimizations coming this year?

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Layoffs announced today

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43 more positions chopped today in the ops division. They have until august.

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As far as I know this mainly affects Home Office Operations associates. In October an email was sent out to most operations associates (from grade 5 and up) but excluding Canadian Operations and GPs. It’s being called VSP (voluntary severance package) and people had I believe a month to accept the offer. Some associates have already been let go (last year and the beginning of this year). More people will be let go (who accepted the VSP) in July and October for certain. The jargon that is being used for lay offs is “optimization “. So an associate is not being laid off; they’re being optimized. Most operations tasks will be performed by contractors in Hyderabad or/and Bangalore, India.

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Care to elaborate poster under @k7+1jjsgfaf4?

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Post ID: @sr+1jjsgfaf4

What areas are getting severance?

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Post ID: @ky+1jjsgfaf4

not true, announcement next week. profit match just paid out. trimester 3 bonus going out in 2 weeks. next step is severance packages. worst kept secret in the firm.

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??? So what happened?

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